Chapter 21: Dan Yuan

Let's say that Ma Xiao finished the work in the gang room and was about to go out to practice, but was blocked by Lao Wang, and when the brothers in the gang room were gone, Lao Wang opened his mouth and said, "Brother Ma, are you going to practice Tuna?"

"Exactly, what can Brother Wang have any teaching?" Ma Xiao pretended to be calm and returned.

"Hehe, I don't dare to teach, but I don't know how far Brother Ma has practiced?"

"I'm ashamed to say that since I practiced, I haven't made an inch of progress, and I can't sense my vitality, and I can still mention it when the boss is there, but now I'm afraid I can't practice."

"Haha, Brother Ma doesn't have to be ashamed, this feeling of vitality is indeed the first step in cultivating and breathing, in fact, it is to grasp a trace of feeling in the chaos for a moment, as long as you catch it, you can feel it, and if you can't grasp it, you can't feel anything" Lao Wang's tone was full of concern, which made Ma Xiao feel very uncomfortable, and just replied, "Oh! Brother Wang, you also know how to cultivate qi?"

"Yes, do you know who taught the boss the spitting technique?"

"Could it be Brother Wang?" In fact, Ma Xiao had already guessed it, but he didn't have a chance to confirm it.

"Yes, it's me, when the gang boss was in the barracks was scattered by the straw locks, he was seriously injured and was rescued by me, in order to heal his injuries, I also passed on his tuna technique" Lao Wang suddenly became serious, "The tuna technique you practiced is what I passed on to Lao Wang, I had instructed him not to pass it on, nor to accept apprentices, you entered the camp a few months ago, I saw that you have some talent, so I instructed the gang boss to pass on you"

"So that's the case, then I have to thank Brother Wang, otherwise I wouldn't have found such an opportunity" Ma Xiao couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false, so he simply echoed first, "It's a pity that my qualifications are dull, I'm afraid I can't cultivate something"

"You don't have to worry about it, if you're figuring it out on your own, if you're lucky, you can catch the feeling in a few days, if you're unlucky. It may not be possible to figure it out for a few years or even more than ten years, but there is a simple method that can make you immediately grasp the feeling of vitality, and it can also allow you to find the location of the dantian and meridians" The boss paused when he said this, as if he was deliberately selling Guanzi.

"Oh, really, I have been cultivating for a few months, and I have not touched the edge, if there is such a method, it will save a lot of effort" Ma Xiao actually wants to quickly grasp the feeling of vitality, otherwise if he continues to practice aimlessly like this, sooner or later he will give up, if Lao Wang can mention him, it will not hurt to listen.

"It's easy to say, the vitality of people, is not seen, touched, smelled nothing, unless it is a natural body, the mother's womb can perceive the vitality of heaven and earth, after birth without penance can continue to absorb the vitality day and night, in the future can be the immortal Tao, and we and other mortal fetuses, can only rely on two ways to perceive, one is to practice penance, with a lot of time to try luck, the other is also commonly used by the world, is the Dan Yuan infusion body" As he spoke, Lao Wang closed the door of the room, and walked around the room with his hands behind his back, like an old gentleman teaching.

"Danyuan Irrigation Body?" Ma Xiao pretended to be surprised, his body moved slowly, and finally stood by the door, thinking about how to get out for a while.

"That's right, the so-called Dan Yuan is the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi stored in the human body, and people who have achieved Qi cultivation can store the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the Dantian to a certain extent, and convert it into Dan Yuan that can run quickly in the meridians and be used by themselves at any time, Dan Yuan can be used to forge the body, sharpen the soul, can also be used to cure diseases and save people, and can also practice some spells" Lao Wang turned around in the room and returned to Ma Xiao's face," The so-called Dan Yuan infusion body is that the person who has the Dan Yuan will divide a part of his Dan Yuan and infuse it into your body, so that you can feel the Yuan Qi in advance, and experience the feeling of the Yuan Qi swimming in the meridians, so that you can smoothly perceive the Yuan Qi around you, and use the technique of Breathing to absorb and refine it, skipping the first step of feeling the Qi" Lao Wang smiled kindly at Ma Xiao, "The boss is using the Dan Yuan I gave him to grasp the Qi Sense"

"I see," Ma Xiao pretended to have a feeling of sudden realization, "but when this Dan Yuan enters the meridians that originally had no vitality, will there be a danger of destroying the meridians?"

"You are careful, yes, there is indeed such a risk, it depends on whether the meridians of the person who accepts the Dan Yuan are strong, and whether the person who transports the Dan Yuan can grasp the strength" Lao Wang turned around and continued to say to Ma Xiao in a kind tone, "We are also fated to meet in this army, and I also like the character of your little doll, which is also the reason why I asked the boss to pass on your technique of spitting, as long as you promise to help me do things in the future, it is just a gesture to output a little Dan Yuan to you, what do you think?"

"Well。。。。。。 Thank you Brother Wang for taking care of me, can you think about it, after all, this matter is risky, I don't want to accidentally end up with a broken body" Ma Xiao pretended to be hesitant and scared.

"Well, okay. You can think about it, but such an opportunity doesn't happen every day, you can do it yourself" Lao Wang instantly put away his smile, with obvious displeasure in his tone, and left the room as soon as he pushed the door after speaking.

Seeing that Ma Xiao's tense nerves finally relaxed after Lao Wang walked away, just talking inside, Ma Xiao's eyes have been wandering between Lao Wang's eyes, throat, back of neck, heart and waist and abdomen, in his eyes, Lao Wang's body is full of red paint, but he still couldn't do it, the other party is a qi cultivator, although he has never shown his dew, but it is definitely not what he can deal with now.

Sitting alone at the door of the room and thinking about what Lao Wang said just now, Ma Xiao buried a dark cloud in his heart, revealing from Lao Wang's words, for some reason, such an inconspicuous doll as himself has long been targeted by Lao Wang, and now he is beginning to lure himself to help him do things, no matter what Lao Wang will do for himself, it is already very suspicious to take the initiative to enter Danyuan for himself, which reminds Ma Xiao that on the way to escape the famine, several homeless people used half a cake to trick him out, and almost became the meat in someone else's pot, there is no such thing in this world as a person who is not a relative or a person who is not good to him for no reason。

After thinking about his current situation, Ma Xiao decided to give up the matter of cultivating qi for the time being, anyway, there was no progress, and he simply ran to the school field to practice the dagger, there was no one on the school field at night, fortunately it was a full moon, and the silver light was scattered all over the ground, Ma Xiao took out the puppet and the stake and practiced step by step, at the beginning, because the light was not as good as the day, he always missed, but after slowly adapting to the night light, the movements of the drill were fast and accurate again, and the practice ended until one watch.

After packing up the utensils, Ma Xiao walked to the barracks with a big sweat, just out of the school field to wipe the sweat with his hands, the moment he looked down, Ma Xiao noticed that the shadow on the ground was a little weird, only to see that there were several tentacles stretched out on his head, like an octopus in the air stretching and swaying, frightened that he quickly touched his head, touched for a long time, except for the hair and forehead scarf did not touch anything, and then looked at his shadow but disappeared, maybe there have been too many things recently, even dreams have been done a lot, so there is a hallucination, so thinking about Ma Xiao three steps and two steps back to the barracks。

It was night, the bizarre dream struck again, in the dream Ma Xiao suddenly and all kinds of beast-headed monsters called brothers, but also ate some strange fruits that could not be named, drank some drinks of different colors, and suddenly in the academy, caves, and on the road to read a wide variety of books, some were written on paper, some were engraved on bamboo slips, some were engraved on stone slabs, and some were painted on animal skins, and the types of words were also strange, all of which were completely different from the words he usually read, but for some reason, in the dream he could read and understand those "ghost drawings".

The next day, Taizhou City suddenly became lively, everywhere gongs and drums are noisy, every house is full of lights, temporary residents have taken to the streets to parade, many people hold the wooden statue or porcelain statue of Jiutian Niangniang in their hands, everyone is led by a float, there is a tall statue of God standing on the float, wrapped in yellow cloth, there are four people around dressed as the appearance of the four boys under the seat of Jiutian Niangniang, tumbling and jumping around the float, followed by the battle team of blowing the sheng and beating Luo, but it turned out to be celebrating the birthday of Jiutian Niangniang. Ma Xiao, who was about to go to the school field, saw this scene as soon as he came out of the barracks, and he stood stupidly on the side of the street, such a scene in front of him was like a world away, since the beginning of the war, there had not been such a happy day for a long time, and he couldn't believe that this was true.

There were a few children of about his age in the crowd of the parade, all with the masks of the four boys and various demons and monsters on their faces, walking around the streets, chasing and making noise, the adults who were hit were laughing and scolding these ignorant dolls, looking at the happy smiles on people's faces, Ma Xiao was also infected by the atmosphere, and suddenly came to the young man's mind, today he simply did not go to the school, he also joined the parade team, followed along, listened to the discussion of the people next to him, the statue of the god that was wrapped up on the float in front of him was the statue of the Nine Heavens Niangniang, which was made by the elders of the city to organize fundraising, and also plated with copper powder and gold, and now it is ready to be sent to the moat temple in the east of the city to be offeredWhen the people heard about it, they all spontaneously went with them to escort the idol.

The crowd of the parade was mixed with a few candy sellers, The small traders of yellow paper and incense pillars, tirelessly selling, the long-lost shouting sound reached Ma Xiao's ears is really enjoyable, this is the life of people, followed by more than a mile of road, Ma Xiao saw a stall selling masks on the street, a few children clapped their hands around the stall, watching other children play with masks, he was itching in his heart, holding the only two copper plates left in his hand, Ma Xiao walked to the stall, looked at all kinds of masks hanging on the shelves with great interest, but after looking at it for a long time and couldn't decide which one to buy, the uncle who looked at the stall smiled and said to him"Young man, there are few styles here, and there are many in the store, you can go in and pick and choose"

Ma Xiao looked behind the uncle, sure enough, there was a small shop, so he entered the store, a guy on the counter was recording accounts, busy without raising his head, the small shop was full of masks, there were flower masks specially prepared for such festivals, as well as various sacrificial masks of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and even black iron masks used in the military camp, Ma Xiao saw that many people wore such masks when they were fighting, and they looked murderous, so they walked around in front of these masks, picked them up one by one and put them on their faces, ran to the bronze mirror to look, and were having fun when suddenly"Bang", the shops were closed, and suddenly there were two more people in the store, they were two middle-aged men dressed as coolies, one tall and one short, with somewhat similar faces, and the guys in the store asked suspiciously, "Why did the two customers close the door of my store?" As soon as he finished asking, he regretted it, because these two people actually pulled out a bright short knife from their waists, so frightened that he didn't even ask, turned around and ran out of the back door of the counter.